Two Brampton athletes are attempting to add to their basketball medals at the Pan Am Games in Guadalaraja, Mexico.
The Canadian men’s team includes St. Marguerite d’Youville graduate Warren Ward. He is one of 11 players from the national development team that won a silver medal this year at the Summer Universiade in China, representing Canada at this tournament.
All the players on the squad play in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) with Ward at the University of Ottawa. Canada faces Argentina, Mexico and Puerto Rico in preliminary round games beginning on Wednesday. The top two teams from the group advance to semifinals.
The Canadian women’s team, which includes team captain Alisha Tatham, had been practicing this week at the University of Toronto, Mississauga and left for Mexico on Thursday.
Canada opened on Friday against Brazil, dropping a 78-53 decision with Tatham leading the attack with seven points.
Team Canada is back in action on Saturday afternoon against Columbia. Their other preliminary round game is against Jamaica.
Tatham, a Chinguacousy graduate played last month for the Canadian senior women’s team which won bronze at the FIBA Americas qualifying tournament in Colombia.